Fans React To Billie Eilish’s New Album ‘HMHAS’
It is May 17th, AKA Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft release day! Fans of the award-winning, record-breaking singer-songwriter flocked to social media to share their thoughts on the artist’s highly-anticipated third studio album.
With album release parties on the East and West coast prior to Friday’s HMHAS release, Eilish, 22, shared her feelings about her third album on social media. She wrote on Instagram: “dude ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’ my third album is f—ing out now i don’t even know what to SAAYY… @finneas and i put so much into this album and have never ever ever loved something more. we hope you enjoy it so much and i’ll see you on the other side EEEEEEEEEEEEEK HMHAS OUT NOW EVERYWHERE LOVE YOU ALL TO DEAAAAATH!!!![crying emojis].”
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Prior to the album’s release, Eilish announced to her fans that she was “not doing singles i wanna give it to you all at once.” Though the singer didn’t release any singles ahead of the release, she did give some insight to what was to expect in the album, as well as the tracklist.
Last month, Eilish said in her Rolling Stone cover story that her second track of the album, “Lunch,” is a racy tune about crushing on a girl. Cheekily called “Lunch,” she told the publication the song helped her become more accepting of her sexuality. “That song was actually part of what helped me become who I am, to be real,” she said. “I wrote some of it before even doing anything with a girl and then wrote the rest after.”
With the release of her music video for “Lunch” at noon ET Friday, Eilish shared an old-school pop-inspired music video. While wearing baggy outfits in the over-saturated music video, Eilish plays with cards and dice as she struts around the all-white studio set.
As the song gets into its full groove, the background changes into colors of blue, red, and yellow into the mix as Eilish dances and has fun while making eye contact with the camera.
Watch the music video for “Lunch” below:
Fans React To Billie Eilish’s HMHAS
With the release of the ten-song album that she worked on with her brother and collaborator, FINNEAS, fans took to X (formerly Twitter) to share their thoughts.
One fan commended the way Eilish set up her tracklist, writing, “She’s so insane for putting ‘WILDFLOWER’ and ‘THE GREATEST’ back to back.” With an ethereal photo of Eilish from one of her recent listening parties, another fan wrote: “She’s like Jesus for gay people.” A third hilariously pointed out: “this album is so bipolar. i don’t know whether to cry or shake my a–. i love it.”
Getting into the specifics of what song they liked, one fan writes: “i love the whole album but for now im gonna say she made the diner FOR ME it’s literally my fav type of song. my mouth dropped when it started playing.” Sharing a dark humor video of a video game character getting kicked around, one fan said: “this is what listening to THE GREATEST by billie eilish for the first time felt like.” Another fan said about the fifth track, “Wildflower:” “… ok billie take a minute girl come sit down and tell us what’s been happening!”
Feeling ‘Blue’
Many loved Eilish’s closing track, “Blue,” with one user writing, “thinking about how billie references back to all the tracks on hmhas in blue the same way she did on wwafa with goodbye.” Another shared a screenshot of “Blue” and her debut album’s closing track, “goodbye,” and said: “one thing about billie eilish is that she knows HOW TO CLOSE AN ALBUM.”
